Ensilage-packing device.



U. J. BOCOCK.

ENSILAGE PACKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 3o. 1914.

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ULYSSES J. BOCOCK, 0F KINIVIUNDY, ILLINOIS.

ENsILAGE-PACKING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed November 30, 1914. Serial No. 874,744.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ULYssEs J. BOCOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kinmundy, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ensilage-PackingDevices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rlhis invention relates to means for handling ensilagev and in particular to devices for packing ensilage in silos and the like.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an arrangement whereby ensilage can be packed within a silo or other inclosure of any size.

Another object of this invention is to provide an arrangement whereby the packing weight may be shifted to various points within the silo.

Still anotherobject of this invention is to provide an arrangement whereby the packing or assembling of the ensilage isinsured, said packing being derived from amechanical source.

Other objects and advantages. of this invention will be more clearly set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the specification and drawings', in which,

Figure 1 is an elevation of this device assembled for operation, Fig. 2, an end view of the segmental rack showing means for locking the operating levers and showing a pivotal operating arrangement for the upper portion of this device, Fig. 3, a side View of the gearing arrangement to intermittently operate the drum to this device. said figure showing the operation at the moment of starting the drum, Fig. 4c is a side view showing the above gearing at the moment of the release of the drum, and Fig. 5 is a view of a modified form of a drum releasing means.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, 1 is a drive shaft having the driving pulley 2 mounted thereon adapted to receive any suitable source of power, said drive shaft being mounted through the shaft bearings 3 and 4 suitably attached to any form of support. A second shaft 1 is also mounted in the bearings 3 and 4 adjacent the drive shaft 1,

upon which is loosely mounted a gear wheel 7 having a shaftslee've 7 "upon which is rotatably mounted a drum 6. A driving gear 8 is rigidly mounted upon the shaft 1 and m'eshes with the gear wheel 7 to drive the same. A lug 9 projects from a suitable support adjacent to and above the meshing point of the gear 8 and the gear Wheel 7, and a second lug 10 also projects from the same support adjacent to and below the meshing point of said` gear and gear wheel. Pivotally attached as at 12 to a circular frame 11 carried by the` drum 6 is a dog or latch 13, said dog having a finger 14:` depending therefrom at one side of the pivot point which is adapted to engage with the teeth of the gear wheel 7 to cause the drum to rotate with said gear wheel. The end of the dog on the opposite side of the pivot point from that occupied by the linger 14 is arranged to engage the lug 9, thus forcing the finger into engagement with the-teeth, while the opposite end of the dog beyond the finger 14C extends in the path of the lug 10 and serves to disengage the finger from the teeth when said end is moved into engagement with the lug 10, thus permitting independent rotation of the drum from the gear 7. The finger 14 is normally held out of engagement with th'e teeth of the gear 7 by means of a depression spring 15, one end of which engages the end of the dog 13 in the path of the lug- 9, while the opposite end thereof engages a lug v16 carried by the member 11, the tension of said spring being such as to normally hold the finger 14. out of the path of the teeth of the gear 7,

but is not of sufficient strength toovercome the frictional engagement of the finger with the teeth.

Suitable pulleys 17 and 18 are mounted from the roof of the silo or like device, over which passes a cable or rope 19, one end of said cable or rope being wound around the drum 6 and the opposite end having attached thereto a suitable weight 20. Positioned from any suitable source above the drum 6 is a platform 21 having a standard 22 pivotally mounted thereupon, said standard having rigidly attached thereto by means of flanges or lugs 23, a segmental rack 221. A spindle Q5 having an operating handle Q6 thereon is suitably mounted on the platform Q1 and has rigidly attached thereto a gear 27, said gear meshing with the segmental rack 2l and adapted to turn the standard 22 through the medium of the segmental rack 24--by.the manipulation" of the handle 26. A suitable toggle arrangement .28 is'pivot'e'd'at 29 to the standard 22,

medium of suitable locking devices 32and 33 which coperate with a segmental rack $4, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The outer end of the toggle 28 has an The gear 52 is returned to and normally re extended arm 35 in which is pvotally mounted a pair of pulleys 36 and A7, be-

tween which operates the cable or rope 19.

For the ready convenience of repairing or renewing the parts of the toggle arrange-,-

ment, the segmental rack 34 is pivotally mounted as at 38 to the standard 22 and can be suitably locked to said standard at the lower end if desired.

ln the modified form shown in Fig. 5, the drum 39 is rigidly mounted upon a shaft 40, said shaft being suitably sleeved in bearings 41 and 42 projecting from a supportv 43.'

The'opposite end of the shaft 40 has rigidly Secured thereto a gear wheel 44 upon which is formed, near the periphery thereof, a segmental shifting. dog 45, the integral end portion of which is provided with teeth 46, to correspond with the teeth in the gear Wheel 44. A drive shaft 47 inounted in bearings 48 and 49 projecting from a support 50 is positioned adjacent the gear wheel 44, one end' of the drive shaft 47 having a.

driving pulley 51 rigidly attached thereto, the opposite end of said shaft having a gear 52 mounted thereon in such manner as will cause the gear. to rotate with the shaft and at the same time permit the gear to slide longitudinally of the shaft, said gear being normally in mesh with the gear 44. ln order to disengage the gear 52 from the gear wheel 44, a peripheral flange 53 is secured to the inner face ofthe gear 52 and extends into the path of the shifting dog 45, so that when the flange engages the dog, the gear 52 will be moved bodily longitudinally of the shaft 47 until the teeth of the gear 52 is moved out of mesh with the gear 44, thereby permitting the drum 39 to freely rotate.

tained in meshing operation with the gear wheel 44 by meansV of a coil spring 54 mounted between the bushing 48 and the gear 52. In the operation of this modified form, the gear 52 is thrown out of mesh by means of the segmental dog 45 operating againstthe flange 53, said gear 52 being reseated into meshing engagement with the gear wheel 44 .byA` means of thev spring54 as soon as flange 53.

In operation, my device is suitably attac'hcd to the 'exterior of the upper portion lthe sgmental dog 45 passes beyond the .of asilo or the like adjacent the door or window therein, so -that the tnggle can extend within the silo to manipulate thecable or rope .19 and shift the Weight to various points .Within the silo. Upony the rotation ofthe shaft 1,' through the medium of the tion `Withthefteeth ofthe gear Wheel 7, i

thereby rotating thel drum 6 which winds the cableor -rope 19 thereon to lift the weight 20. When the dog 13 rotates around and strikes theprojection 10 the dog is lifted from out. of engagement with the teeth of .the gear wheel 7, thereby releasing the drum 6 to allow the Weight to fall upon'the'ensilage Within the silo or the like, thereby packing it. This operation returns the dog 13 to its initial position which operation causes it to strike the projection 9 andre engages the finger 14 with the teeth of the gear Wheel 7, ready for the next operation.

By intermittently raising and releasing the weight in the manner shown and permitting it to descend with force upon the en silage within the silo, said ensilage will be firmlypacked within the silo and by pro viding'the toggle arrangement and pivotally mounting the same in the standard 22 and also by swivelly mountingfthe standard, the weight can be shifted to any point within the silo as may be desired without interfering with the operation of the device or the introduction of the ensilage therein. It will likewise be seen that by properly locating the drum and parts to operate the same, it can be driven from parts of the machine used for disintegrating and preparing the ensilage.

Having described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An'ensilage packing device, comprising a drum,1a cable adapted to be wound upon the drum, means to suspend one end of the cable in an inclosure, a weight attached to that end of the cable within the-inclosure, means to intermittently rotate said drum,

lmeans to intermittently release the drum from the rotating means, and a toggle arrangement to shift the weight to various points within the inclosure.

2. An' ensilage packing device, comprising' a pair of driving gears, means to apply power to said driving gears, a drum independently rotatable of said` gears, means ear.- ried by the drum adapted to intermittently engage one of the gears to cause the drum to rotate therewith, means to operate said en meats@ gaging means to canse the same to engage' with or disengage from said gear, a cable adapted tp be Wound upon said drum when rotated with thegear and unwind therefrom when the drum is released, a Weight at the opposite end of the cable, means to suspend the cable in an 'inclosure, and additional means tofcontrol the position of the Weight within the inclosure.

3. .An ensilage packing device, comprising a pair of intermeshing gears, means to drive saidv gears, a drum independently rotatable of said gears, a dog pivoted to thev drum, means to intermittently engage the dog With one of the gears or disengage the same therefrom, a cable adapted to be-Wound upon said drum, a weight carried by the cable, and

'means to suspend a portion of the cable and the Weight within an inclosure.

` 4. An ensilage packing device, comprising the combinationwith a drum, means to intermittently rotate and xrelease said drum, a

cable coperating with said drum,

carried by the opposite end of the cale Copies of this patent may bepbbtaine for a wei O'ht adapted to be intermittentiy raised and 10W- ered when the drum is intermittently operated, of an adjustable toggle arrangement coperating With the cable to shift the Weight to various parts of an inclosure and means to swing the toggle arrangement laterally.

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5. An ensilage packing device, the combination with a drum, means to intermittently operate the drum, a cable coperatingvwith the drum and a Weight attached to the cable` ULYSSES J. ECYXCOCK.. Witnesses J C. WHI'rsoN, AGNES Fismx.

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